Panama - Archives - Countries
World Wide Diplomatic Archives Index: Panama
Legislation
There is no systematic declassification of documents. All material from the period before Panamanian independence (1903) is available in the central National Archives.
Location
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in located in the Casco Viejo of Panama City.
Procedures
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has an archives department that is open to researchers with a letter from a representing academic or government institution. Regulations require that an officer of the Archives Department must authorize any documents before viewing by a researcher.